Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 259, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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4House And Senate Leaning To Qlobal Affairs
NAZI ARMOR
CONSPICUOUS
BY ABSENCE
A PARIS (UP) — Lieutenant-
w General Patton has thrown re-
inforcements into the drive on
Germany's coal-rich Saar basin
and they are encircling the
French fortress city of Met?..
in a night attack, two Yank
columns swept across the Mo-
selle river north of Metz in the I A * I
face. of hoav.v German artillery | | 51 1.161116119111
fire.
Another American force cross-
ed the swollen Moselle at dawn
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AXIS EXPECTS
MORE HARSH
BATTLE AS
DEDICATED TO SERVICE
"West Texas'^Leading Newspaper"
Itl'V I I I V H WE ICT WATER
47th Year
Sweetwater, Texas, Thursday, November 9, 1944
No. 259
William G. Lewis
Promoted To AAF
a In capture Cheminot, 10 miles!
below Metz.
United Press Correspondent
Collie Small reports from the
front that these new attacks
have won only small advances.
^ Hut the German radio' de-
* sfpilx'K General I'atlnn's
drive toward the Saar as "an
all-out offensive" and adds
that it may develop into the
long-expected allied winter
assault on the Reich. The
9 Germans claim Patton has
niassc<* l.l.tMt tanks anil 500,-
(!(.;: men for the job.
Patton's strategy seems clear-1
The new attacks appear design- •
ed to encircle and envelop Metz, j
) and roll up the remainder of the
German defenses guarding the
Saar valley some 20 miles to the
nort heast.
Along the original .'!7-milc
Metz front, three American «li-
£ visions farther south have en-
countered little German reac-
tion.
In fact, German armor has
failed to make an appearance
on any sector and no counter-
, attacks have been attempted. \
few Messerschmitt planes strafed
our ft'oojj.s arotiud Metz buL not
in strength.
On the first army front, the
Americans under Lieutenant-
General Hodges are inching
V- ahead in the Hurtgen forest both
north and south of embattled
Vossenack against very heavy
resistance.
On the southern end of
the allied front, the Ameri-
* ran Seventh army has clear-
ed (Herman posts north of
Baccarat. Hut the (Germans
are counter-attacking in this
sector to protect the Vosges
_ mountain gap pass into Ger-
" many.
In southwest Holland, British
armor has crushed the last Nazi
pocket south of the Meuse river
and the Holland deep in a sui -
prise night attack that captured
* the fortress of Moerdijk.
It was an empty victory from
one aspect, however, since Ger-
man rear-guards long ago blew
up the 14-span railway and high-
way bridge across the Holland
9 deep near the city. But it does
place the British just l:i miles
south of Rotterdan), Holland's
biggest port.
On Walcheren, British com-
mandos have captured the last
I German-held town in the north-
east. corner of the island and
are pressing on through flooded
mashlands farther west to com
plete the liberation of the area.
In northern Italy, Polish
(0 troops have taken a road
junction, on the Florence-
Forll highway, in addition to
occupying- several hills
which dominate this battle
sector. Meanwhile, British
% troops are driving against
the Fori! airfield from two
sides again*! heavy resis-
tance.
Allied bombers are continuing
attacks on Germany's front-line
feeder cities and oil centers.
See NAZI Page 5
LINCOLN A KM Y AI It FIELD.
Neb. — Scei nd Lieutenant Wil-
liam (.I. Lewis of 200 Lewis Front
street, Sweetwater, has been
1 romoted to the grade of first
lieutenant, the War Department
announced today.
Lieutenant Lewis is now sta-
tioned at the Lincoln Army Air
Held, where he is assigned as
assistant field intelligence offi-
cer. Me was originahy commis-
sioned last April after gradua-
tion from officers candidate
school at Miami Beach, Florida.
Lt. Lewis is son of Mr. and
Mrs". Charles Lewis and grand-
son of the late J. R. Lewis, pio-
neer cattleman accredited with
introducing Herefords to this
region.
Casualiies Pass
Half Million Mark |
WASHINGTON (UP)—Combat |
casualties among American sol- j
diers, sailors, coast guardsmen |
and marines have passed the
half-million mark.
Secretary of War Stimson re-J
ports that army casualties i
through October V*-> totaled 137 - j
ootT. NaV.v casu.rtty reports)
through Nov. 8 listed 71,83!) j
dead, wounded, missing and
prisoners of war, for a total
casualty list of 509,195.
This is an increase of 21.503
over the total casualty figure
a week ago.
Stimson reported that the
army casualties included 84,811
killed: 213,05-1 wounded, of whom
112,814 have returned to duty;
55,000 missing and 54,480 prison-
ers of war.
The Navy total included 28,
599 dead, 29,442 wounded. 9,311
missing and 4,487 prisoners of j
war in the Navy, Marines and
Coastguard.
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PEACE TERMS
By UNITED PRESS
The ballot count which gave
Mr. Roosevelt an unprecedented
fourth term still is continuing
| today.
Shortly after noon, a United
Press tabulation showed the
I popu'ar vote gave Roosevelt 23.-
.12,000, and Dewev 20.055,000.
Rro.-evelt lias won or i- leading
1 in 35 States.
The ballot count also shows
still more strength i'c the Dcm-
'ocrats in the new Congre- s.
The Democrats have gained
: 28 seats. That means a pros pec-
Stevenson Urges
All Factions Unite
For War Effort
AUSTIN (UP) — Governor
; Coke R. Stevenson in an after-
|.election statement urges Demo-
i crats to get together and people
!of all parties to support Presi-
; dent Roosevelt in efforts to
' speed the end of the war.
Su venson said the President
tive total of 2
further party
settled races,
net loss of 21
an indicated i
12 if there are to
shifts in the un-
The Republicans'
so far gives them
nal of 191.
TIMKS SQ CA11F ON
watching the election
ELECTION N'KiHT—A portion of the huge \ew Yuri; fit; crowd shown
returns at Times Scjliii;-e. ! \ K.\ Telepiiotci)
Moyne Killed By
Order Of Stern
Terrorist Gong
CAIRO O r)—Kritlsn authori-
ties have announced that Lord
Moyne's assassins will be tried
by an Egyptian military court.
The assassins—Amosha Cohen
and itzak Charles Salzmann —
were reported yesterday to hay;
confessed belonging to the so-
called "Stern" group — a well-
known .lewish terrorist organi
Ration in Pale.-tine. They added
that they were .'lit from I'ale.
tine by the group for the ex-
press purpose of killing Lord
.Movne.
Division C*C Chief B
Here Today.
S
['his
l'tus is my Kusiness-
Tluslness of Citizenship", was
the topic D. Hodson Lewis, Sou-
thwest division manager of the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce, < : -
pounded today to members <■".
the Sweetwatet
in the Sky room
pet hotel.
Aceo;i panyin
er delegation u
Chamber of
lium W< < 1 n(
Club
if the P
war; Fra.nt
,-erut; -1.
"I lespen
in meetiti
and bur
: ineiplt
witli no government
isibi'ity of citizenship
:g the rigidities, rules
a us \ / i 11 preserve the
i iir Iotebcarers laid
meeting
'ue I'oi:
tit
: •! i
aL
Igo foi
n plained
iinbcr of
the Sweetwa!
the West Texas
t 'ommerce referen-
da v in- Abilene to
l -
tlx
THERE'S A WAY
CLEVELAND (UPl — If 1
there's a way where there's
a will, leave it to a couple of
high school boys to find it.
Take the two boys who I
hoarded a crowded streetcar
late in the afternoon. Smi!- j
ing, one looked at the other
and asked loudly!
"Hey! Hear ,about the big
nylon sale at that lOast 105th
and Euclid store?"
Five women leL' their
seats and got off the car.
The two boys sat down, j
grinning broadly.
Donnell Leads
ST. LOUIS (UP)—Republican I
Governor Forrest C. Donnell |
now holds a 10,362 vote lead J
over his Democratic opponent
Attorney General Roy McKit-
triek. with only 23 of Missouri's
1,543 precincts unreported. In
the close race for U. S. senator.
The vote: Donnell 735,158, Me-
Kittrick 724,79(1.
—
WEST TEXAS — Fair this af-
ternoon, tonight and Friday. Not
much change in temperature.
The two as-
,'ne. the I'aii
Middle East,
on ord-
st firgan-
■;sed that
the Stern
identified
'ohen and
at:
i-;
Shamrock Minister is Elected NW Conference
Sec'y.; 4-Year Boards, Committees Named
Rev. M. B. Norwood, pastor
of the Shamrock First Methodist
church, is new secretary of the
Northwest Texas Conference,
$ under way in Sweetwater at the
First. Methodist church.
At the business session held
Wednesday night board mem-
bers and committees were named
for the quadrennium. The nt-
tendance reached several hun-
dred. Rev. A. W. Moore of Dal-
las spoke this morning follow-
ing the business period.
Board and committee reports
from various churches in the
m nine districts gave reports
* at the morning session opening
at 10 o'clock this morning.
The Rev. Warren E. John-!
stun of Fort Worth was ex-
pected here early this afternoon
to bring the mid-afternoon ser- j
mon. He also will speak at 7:30 |
p.m., today.
An address by Rev. J. A. Gat-
Iitl. .Ipnesboro, Ark., is scheduled
at 10:40 a.m., Friday as the
series of sermons continue.
The conference has drawn one
of the largest numbers of min
isters, wives, laymen and guests
for many years.
Pastor appointments will he
made at the closing session of
the four-day conference.
CAIRO rri'i —
sassins of Lord Mo
ish ininit-ter in the
say they murdered
j ers of the Stern terrori
' ization in Palestine.
i The assassins eon loss-
> they were members of
! organization. Tlu-y
I themselves a- Mosha (
Itzak Charles Salzmann.
Their confession raised f
of further violence. Egyptian ;
thorities immedialelv ordered a
search for members of the Stern
gang who might be hiding, wait-
ing for a chance to assassinate
other British officials.
The two prisoners said, "We
are meiiibers of the
the Freedom of l.-ra
tion." Thy added: "What we
haveifiiie we did on instructions
of the organization."
The Mr.-'as ins are quoted a
saying that they w* re si-nl to
kill Lord .Movne because he was
carrying out a policy counter to
the 'interests of Jewish national-
ist.-.
The Stern gang broke away at
the start of the war from the
Jewish extremist, or national
military, organization in Pales-
tine. The national .military
group declared an armistice
while Britain was fighting Ger-
many. But. the minority group,
led by a 30-year-old Polish born
school teacher, Abraham Stern,
decided to continue terrorist act-
ivity.
The Stern group has been de-
nounced by Jews all over the
world. Dispatches from Palestine
say Jews fear ther; will be far-
reaching consequences as a re-
sult of the crime by the
organization.
hear Senior Senator Torn Qoiv
naily speak. Mr. Lewis returned
here.with the body to speak to-
day. lie was introduced by Milo
Roth, seen tarv-manager of the
PC I >.
Mr. Lewis commended the io
cal BCD manager on his work
and said "van are ably repre-
sented l'V his type of leader-
ship."
lie traced l!ie changes tin-
war has made in leadership, the
new levels, and now problems it
had brought. "Unlocking defi-
nite knowledge, the war ha
salved no basic problems," he
declared. He pointed out' that
we want peace and get war: we
want jobs and close factories:
we want, food and pay farmers to
fighters for ('grow less, but with all our prob
,'! Organiz.'i- Ions we would not swap citizen-
ship with any other country in !
the world."
He cited England with all our
problems and dependent on 50 j
per cent more foreign trade af-
ter war to maintain her level:
Russian with her towns in rub-
ble, industries moved beyond
the mountains: one of every four
of her men mained or dead from
necessitating a start from
twt.r pr ■
utility" hi
nploymcnt
uniform
industry,
uVie (rem
hools, CO lt".;i
.•petids ( u bu-
lf" said 11 iiit
ive en.iiiycd ci
e Hi \ iS!0N,
t-i.
lu-
stre.-ed.
is to en-
tell ing
immeree
uivavel
air com-
The te-
ll .ODO.OOO men.
• problem
:i millions
o I I i c e s,
.-tores. P.
i\
not
, lien
farms,
i s and
i< ss
men
ies w
I 'age
'I he new Senate will include
; at least 55 Democrats and 30
| lie;.lib icans. Close races for two
• ther states — in Pennsylvania
land Missouri—await the count
I ot soldier votes. The Republi-
i cans nave picked up one seat.
WASHINGTON fUP) t- The
| only American president ever to
! ask for and get a fourth term is
! settling down to the grave prob-
| lems he inherited with the eX-
| tension of his job.
Meanwhile, the nation's poli-
S tieal experts predict that Presi-
j dent Roosevelt won't find his
dealings with congress any eas-
j ier—despite increased Demoera-
| tic majorities. They point out
[ that the house of representatives
! still includes among its members
many Democrats —particularly
•oilihern representatives — who
n join the Republican? in a
action:* group -against Roose-
-approved measures.
On the basis of latest re-
turns available, the senate
promises to lie very similar,
if not exactly the same. At
present. 5t> Democrats hold j
seats in the upper house,
with :t" Republicans nn<l one
Progressive.
Senatorial contests in Mlssou- i
and Pennsylvania are so close
that a decision will be delayed {
until the soldier vote has been
counted by both states. If both of
them elect Democratic senators,
complexion of the upper house
would be unchanged.
At least 10 contests,for seals
in the House of Representatives .
also are too close to tell the re-
sults. They include two. in Ken-
tucky. five in Missouri, one in
Pennsylvania, one in California
and one in Maryland. l;i most of
these, results won't be known
will have his "continued" sup-
peri, along that line, reserving
the right of private opinion as
to activities that contribute to
that ind.
Solon Threatens
Gelluo Pol! Probe
ALBl'Ql'ERQUE, New Mexico
(I Pi - Democratic congress-
man from New Mexico ehargas
that tin.' gallon poll v -s—as he
put it—"weighted" Before the
election.
The representative is Clinton
P. Anderson, who was re-elected
in Tuesday's voting. Anderson
promises that what he calls the
improper use of opinion polls in
an attempt to influence elections
is liable to be investigated by
the House committee on cam-
pa ign expenditures.
The gallup pol Iliad shown
Governor Dewey to be the fav-
ored candidate of 51 per cent
I the people, with President
Roosevelt getting 49 per cent.
"If the results were printed as
they came in." Anderson said,
"they would have been 54 to
46 for Roosevelt, almost as the
election came out,"
rt
iiiersnip.
eturning
i ad van-
'our.
until the soldii
But in spite
ed contests, it'-
sident Roosevel
■ vote is tallied,
f these undeeid-
clear that Pro-
will be working
DA LI
11 io late.-
I I (illl '1 e
Texas el
v< n o'cK
I loose \
I )ewey
Texas
These
the state
A S
si
Tiles
(CP)
popular vote
xas as compiled
ection bureau a;
ick this morning:
eit—-090.513.
—102.ft"9.
Regulars—100.329.
returns are from 2
>'s 254 counties and
ude 301 of them complete.
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are
figures
by
of
111- 1
Hitler Reported
Mentally Disturbed
Russians Say They Are Ready for Smash
At Germans AH Along Eastern Front
HKIililN IHSTANt I'.S
The shortest, distances to Ber-
lin from advanced allied lines
today:
Western Front 200 'hides
(from point near Nijinegi'-n).
Russia—315 miles (from War-
SOW).
Italy—535 miles (from point
south of Ravenna). •
MOSCOW (UP)—The Russians
say they're ready to smash at
Germany all along the eastern
li out.
The Communist party papei
Bravda says the Red Army has
massed vast forces for a final
winter assault on Adolf Hitler's
terror j inner fortress. The paper quotes
a Don Cossack horseman who
puts it this way: "The Germans
—v - — with virtually the same house of
Tr-xas Vote - representatives he has had for
the past four years. That's equal-
ly true in the senate.
Political observers forecast an
the I increasingly international out
ele-1 look on the part of both the
| house and senate. This predic-
tion is based on the defeats suf-
i fered by North Dakota's veteran
i Senator Gerald Nye and New
2 of | York's representative Hamilton
Fish, together with other con-
gressmen noted for their isola-
tionist policies.
The l isii unit Nye set-
backs are expected to be re-
jjanled as clear indications
of the American public's
— The News i support of strong internal-
that Adolf Hi"- ional lie-.
•om a nervous I Both houses probably soon
brought i will have opportunity to consid-
on his ler recommendations by Presi-
| dent Roosevelt on both domes-
—— ,— | tjc an(j international programs
' for the nation. Mr. Roosevelt is
expected to make known his
I ideas for American post-war eco-
! nomy in the near future. The
I president's plan for world rela-
tions may rest in abeyance until
licve the Soviet winter cam-, he has met again with Josef Sta-
I a\gn i- about to begin, and they | |jn and Winston Churchill —
think the first heavy blows will possibly within the next: two
in- sitriicU' I PviKisIn ! montllS.
The Nazi
ross the upper j
smashed to a
LONDON (Ul
hronk'le report
i i.; sufft ring
nd mental disturbance
.beiit bv the attempt
i I (' las! .lid .
County Seeks Read
Gear; Discards Old
An effort to secure a ton and
half truck for precinct 2 is being
| made by County Judge Delas
i Reeves and Tom Mayfield, nev. -
i ly appointed commissioner, who
j will leave today to appear before
I the OI )T board asking release for
i the machinery.
Pi'ei-inct 2 has never owned a
I truck and has "borrowed" from
! other county precincts. Last
j week a 1933 truck was discarded
a- worn out. The other two
i were bought, in .1937 and 1939
1 and have been used to keep
j roads in repairs all over the
i county including the strip of
road used intensly by Camp
: Barke'.e;. lor moving motorized
j equipment to and from a inaneti-
! vering area.
h has come to the time that,
t the county must have machinery
: to keep roads open to traffic
and in good repair, said the
judge.
The judge will go on to Dallas
to meet with the WPB group
; relative to a D-70 caterpillar
i tractor to pull scrapers, main-
' tamers and other dragging
i equipment. Congressman Sam
I Russell will assist the county in
| securing this type of machinery
| it the WPB will grant the re-
! lease, the judge said.
Dallas Woman Says
She Wed Six Soldiers
DALLAS (UP)—A 24-year-old
| Dallas w oman is lodged in the
Dallas jail, after admitting that
i she had married six soldiers
: since 19:',!i without having di-
j \ creed any of them.
Mrs. .hssie Francos Mason,
j alias Mrs. Betty Lillian Wright.
| made her admission yesterday
at an arraignment on charges of
i illegally receiving government
i allotments from the last two of
her husbands.
struck
In Hungar;
lugged its w
'1 isx.a river
point (is mile
1 est. Soviet
boasted they would drain the-
Don river. The day is not distant
when our Cossacks will water
their horses en the Rhine."
While the first blasts of win-
ter bring traditional Red army
lighting weather, Nazi broad-
c.i/ts are dwelling on Russian
preparations for a full-dress w in-
ter offensive. The Nazis also be-
East Prussia.
v. the Red army has
ay .
and
s northeast of Buda-
forces besieging
Budapest are re-grouping and
eensolidating their positions for
a final all-out attack on the
Hungarian capital.
The Vugos'ay.s say German
resistance is weaki ning around
key tow n - in western Serbia but
a fierce battle is raging to the
otith in Macedonia in a section
through which Nazi, retreating
irom Greece are trying to escape.
by the way, think
j they know what 's coming. Ger-
man commentators say the re-
election of President Roosevelt
means harsh peace terms for the
third neich.
However, Berlin and Tokyo
are the only foreign capitals to
greet the president's return to
office with pessimism. France,
Britain and China are frankly
jubilant. Even the South Ameri-
can 'hold-out" from the good
neighbor ranks, Argentina, unof-
ficially has indicated its satisfac-
tion in the results of the cam-
See AXIS Page 5
"Right To Work"
Loses In California
SAN FRANCISCO (UP)—The
"right to work" initiative is be-
ing defeated by approximately
three to two today, following
tabulation of returns from 11,-
703 of California's 1 LSI 1 pre-
cincts.
The "yes" 841,722 and "no"
1.275,975."
( MU.TAKKR OKTS 25
YKARS FOR MURI)F1{
ACSTIN (UP) — A fishing
camp caretaker of the Colorado
river, W. \V. Warren, has A
^'5-year verdict against him in
Austin.
He pled guilty in the fatal
.-hooting of Sol Stern at a camp
on the river October 1.
WORLD SERIES
By I N ITER PRESS
American ana Japanese long-
range artillery is rocking the
' wild hills of Western Leyte in
I the midst of a tropical hurri-
i cane.
General MacArthur opened
■fire with the big American guns
j to speed the advance through
i the jungle-like sections of Leyte.
The Japs brought their own hea-
vy artillery into play as a de-
fense. resulting in the biggest
duel of guns since the beginning
of the Philippine campaign.
The crucial battle for wes-
tern Leyte has entered its
fifth day. The Japs are fight-
ing desperately to prevent,
t tile Ameruans from cutting
their supply line through the
western port of Ormoc. The
Yanks are now 15 miles
north of Ormoc.
The lighting is made difficult
by the tropical hurricane that i3
lashing the Philippines. But Am-
erican airmen have defied the
high winds, as well as the Japs.
The latest raids bagged 43 more
■Japanese aircraft and a small
freighter. Jap losses for the past
five days now are at least 573
planes destroyed and 32 ships
[ sunk or damaged.
The Tokyo radio places great
importance on ihe battle for the
; island. The Japs say the battle
! for Leyte really is a battle for
the Japanese homeland. Tokyo
says if the island is captured,
the entire Japanese empire will
be subject to heavy raids from
B-29 Super-Fortressse, launched
from air fields on Leyte.
SiAingely enough? t he tyZ'-i
have stooped to the American
vernacular in order to describe
the fighting on Leyte. The Brit-
ish radio says a Japanese broad-
cast from the Philippines made
the battle for the island sound
like a baseball game.
Here's what the Jap broad-
cast said:
"General Yamashita —
greater East Asia's hero,
nicknamed the "Tiger of
Malay" — is pitted in the
battle of the Philippines
See JAPS. Page Four.
804 Bushels Of
Apples Here For
Schools In Area
A carload of apples from
Maine arrived in Sweetwater
this morning to be used in the
Nolan county school lunchrooms
and approximately 40 other
schools in West Texas.
The balance of the 804 bushels,
allocated as far west as Pyote
and Wink, was reshipped today
after schools in this immediate
region unloaded their, part.
Most nf the apples were of
four or five varieties including
the ,\ allow T-Sweet, red Mcin-
tosh, Ben Davis. Cortland and
Baldwin-. Eil F. Neinast, county
ste erintendent. Is in charge of
distribution.
li the fruit cannot Vie con-
sumcd before it deteriorates, it
will bi canned for use all wln-
u r. The fruit is consigned
: through the government from
the surplus crop.
"Freedom To Work"
Ahead In Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UP)—
i The eiintreversal "Freedom to
I \\ e' k" amendment, which would
prohibit the closed shop and
maintenance of union member-
shin contracts in Arkansas, ap-
parently has been approved—
with nearly half of the state's
precincts reporting.
Returns from 1,055 of the
state's 2.007 precincts show 63.-
701 votes for iind 54,269 votes
against the measure.
Florida Votes To
Outlaw Closed Shop
MIAMI, Fla. (UP)—Passage
of the proposed constitutional
amendment which would outlaw
the closed shop in Florida ap-
pears assured, on the basis of
returns from most precincts.
With 1,005 of the state's 1,496
precincts reported, the vote
stands at 104,655 favoring and
95,544 opposing the measure.
Sweetwater Stores Will Remain Open Until 9 P.M. Friday And Will Be Closed All Day Saturdjay'Armistice Day
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 259, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1944, newspaper, November 9, 1944; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth283052/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.